I'm looking to put some fenders on my road bike. Generally, I don't like to buy something new if I can just make it myself at a fraction of the cost. Fenders seem simple enough to fashion something effective on my own.

I have some ideas of how to go about this, but am hoping someone around here will have some experience/tips to share with good ways to go about this.

Right now I'm looking at cutting/bending aluminum sheeting and using metal dowels for support.